But when Laurent Cantet's masterful "Entre les Murs" won the top prize at the Festival de Cannes on Sunday night ... is also the star of Paolo Sorrentino's "Il Divo," which took the Prix du Jury. This is an arresting, visually jazzy picture about ...

Los Angeles Times •
4 years ago

http://articles.latimes.com/2008/may/26/entertainment/et-cannes26

Femmes make strong showing at Cannes

“Studios shouldn’t think that Cannes is a difficult place to launch a film, with Oscar season ... “Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro,” from France’s Robert Guediguian; “L’exercice de l’Etat,” from France’s Pierre Schoeller; “Loverboy ...

Globe and Mail film critic will be filing regular diary updates throughout the Cannes film festival. All times are local Cannes times. May 22, 10:20 p.m. A few of the highlights at the 64th Palme d'Or awards. At one point, Jury president Robert de Niro ...

2) How come nobody told me about the free coffee at the Palais de Festival until ... a spirited press conference which delved into their partnership and film-making techniques. Spike Lee offers his support for Barack Obama, in Cannes Doyle admitted that ...

Paolo Sorrentino film about a retired conductor and composer on vacation receives equal cheers and jeers at press screening The Cannes Film Festival has hit its home stretch, offering up some legendary Hollywood talent for weary media and executives on ...

He worked as an assistant director for veteran Bela Tarr, but this film introduces a unique new voice. The prix du scenario ... of Cannes Among those left out of the prize-giving were two English language efforts by Italian directors, Paolo Sorrentino's ...

Denis Villeneuve, the acclaimed Quebec director is going to the 68th annual Cannes ... film maker will vie for the Palme d’Or against 16 other films, including Gus Van Sant’s The Sea of Trees, Todd Haynes’s Carol, and Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth.

CANNES, France—Even ... as well as Italian director Paolo Sorrentino's "This Must Be the Place." In it, Penn plays a washed-up rock star in racoon eyeliner and ruby red lipstick. Other top A-listers from outside the film industry also descended on ...

But Spanish actor and fellow juror Rossy de Palma did draw parallels ... contenders Michael Caine (in Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth) and Tim Roth, who plays a traumatised palliative care nurse in bleak drama Chronic. That film did take the best screenplay ...

CANNES, France -- Even ... as well as Italian director Paolo Sorrentino's "This Must Be the Place." In it, Penn plays a washed-up rock star in racoon eyeliner and ruby red lipstick. Other top A-listers from outside the film industry also descended on ...